Group letter on behalf of 229 patient and voluntary health groups, medical and scientific societies, and academic and research organizations that belong to the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, including AAMC, urging inclusion of $34.1 billion for NIH in a final FY 17 spending package by the end of the year.

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research letter with 200+ signatories, including AAMC, expressing the importance of a final FY 2017 spending package with $34.1 billion for NIH by the end of the calendar year. The letter, which praises appropriations leaders’ efforts to champion sustained, real growth in medical research funding and urges policymakers to avoid a long term CR, was delivered to House and Senate Appropriations leaders and shared with congressional leadership.

Community sign-on letter organized by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees thanking them for the $2 billion increase in NIH funding included in the FY 2016 omnibus spending bill.

AAMC President and CEO Darrell Kirch, M.D., Jan. 4 sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leader thanking them for their leadership in crafting the FY 2016 omnibus spending package.